The whole fucking story is fake. They are pounding the war drums because this is the new distraction campaign so the zombies have something to focus on besides their crumbling Covid crisis, melting Jan6 bullshit and election shit is trickling out everywhere now.
BTW CNN is not and never was categorized (legally) as a "News Organization" Just for FYI purposes. They are registered as "Entertainment". Mainly so when they fuck up and get caught, they can claim this for plausible deniability. They have done it several times.
The Russians know this too.